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This door latch caught my eye... I was struck by the colours and fascinated by the layers that have rubbed away over the years. Here's a wider angle to show you context:

While supporting friends on a cycling tour of northern Spain I managed to squeeze in some running. We went for a gentle run one evening and on syncing with Strava I noticed that a barely-run segment

A Feira Do Monte to Santiago de Compostela The final stage of my friends' cycling trip from Biaritz to Santiago de Compostela had arrived. During the post ride clean down Simon's gear cable snapped so

Ribadeo to A Feira Do Monte The view from the hotel terrace was far better than our room: A picnic stop was a convenient location to give the guys their "second breakfast": There was another

Pravia to Ribadeo Despite the lack of eating options, Pravia was a delight. Here's the view as we were getting up: It had been Chris' birthday yesterday and his final surprise was for one of other friends

The sun was shining for a change on the cycling tour we're crewing so it gave me and my wife a chance to do a bit of exploring. The town of Ribadesella was our stop for the night and it didn't disappoint.

It was another grey day today, with drizzle for pretty much the whole day. As a result I don't have many photos. Second breakfast was hastily rearranged on the road as the chosen town of Onon turned out

We woke to more rain despite forecasts suggesting otherwise. The boys waited for a lull and then set out on the journey from Mogro to Ribadesella. We arrived in San Vincente de la Barquera to snow topped

The sky had been unkind, hurling rain onto the cyclists for most of the day, but late on showed a glimmer of friendliness. Taken by my Samsung S7 on auto.

Ian and Chris were joined by Simon to swell the peloton from Bilbao. Today's stage would be shorter but considerably wetter! After waving off the cyclists we joined our own peloton waiting for the supermarket

I'm crewing for a few mates who are cycling across northern Spain this week. I have of course got my running kit with me. My first chance for a run came in Bilbao. It was a chance to see the Frank Gehry

After yesterday's prologue it was the first full day of cycling for Ian & Chris: St Jean de Luz to Bilbao. We stopped at San Sebastian for "second breakfast". Then Deba was chosen for lunch

My wife and I have been talked into crewing for some friends who are cycling the north coast of Spain. Last night we landed in Biarritz for the "Prologue" to St Jean de Luz. Today is the first

Last night saw the start of this year's Mota-vation Series; monthly 4-ish mile races around Oxfordshire. I was a bit tight from my 800m race the day before but was just going to see what I could do.

Tonight was my second track meet of the season. Unlike the one in March, tonight I was only racing one distance - the 800m. It was only my 2nd time at this distance so really still learning how to run

It's been a hectic few days again so here's a quick post showing a side of the London Marathon many won't see. This was the scene just before 23 miles as the clean up vehicles were on course and after

This weekend sees the 38th London Marathon and it'll be my 4th. Kind of. I've been fortunate to run London twice, in 2015 and 2017, and in 2016 I marshalled for my first time. This year I return to marshal

I'm trying my effort session on a Monday night rather than before work on a Tuesday morning. Working on holding speed for mile and 1500m races is on my agenda so tonight's session was 3 lots of 6 minutes

With another postponement of the new parkrun I'm involved with due to a waterlogged course, today allowed me to be a parkrunner rather than volunteer. My wife fancied a mud-free route and as we were going

I have only been a "runner" for just over 8 years and in that time I've enjoyed the variety the sport can offer: 10k, marathon, parkrun, coaching and cross country. However one thing in particular